Golden Knights one of the teams interested in Brome
TSN: A report from Sweden’s Hockey News SE has the Vegas Golden Knights as one of several teams that is interested in Mathias Brome.
The 24-year old scored 15 goals and added in 52 games with Mora IK in the SHL.
In 2016-17 Brome played under Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton.
Chiarelli in the Blues management box
Jeremy Rutherford: Peter Chiarelli was in the St. Louis Blues management box with Doug Armstrong for the second straight game. Don’t know if there is any role for Chiarelli with the Blues.
Hitchcock on if he wants to coach the Oilers next year
John Shannon: Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock when asked if he wants to coach the Oilers next season: ”For the record, I feel if I’m good I can coach until I’m 99.”
Seattle could hire a GM this offseason
Emily Sadler of Sportsnet: Chris Johnston said that Seattle could hire their GM this summer.
“The Seattle expansion group has not ruled out the possibility of bringing someone in to lead their hockey operations department now, even though it’s still two years until the expansion draft,” Johnston said. “They’re not working off a firm timeline but they’re certainly looking at all options and want to be best positioned to get the best candidates. So there’s a chance that Edmonton could be looking at someone Seattle is, and there might be some competition there.”
Dave Tippett is already a senior advisor for Seattle, so Kypreos said he’s someone to keep an eye on.
“If he is potentially going to be the coach of Seattle, that’s still a full two years away,” said Kypreos. “As we start hearing of jobs opening up throughout the National Hockey League, probably at the end of the season, rest assured Dave Tippett’s name would be in the mix, amongst many.”